Authorisation of veterinary medicines under special circumstances

Find out what information you need to give MPI if you want to get a veterinary medicine authorised in special circumstances.

Situations that are special circumstances

1. No suitable product in New Zealand

If there is no suitable authorised product in New Zealand, section 8C of the ACVM Act permits the Director-General of MPI to allow under "special circumstances" the import, manufacture, sale or use of unauthorised veterinary medicines without registration.

To get authorisation under such special circumstances, you must apply for approval:

3. Use under an approved operating plan

Some agricultural compounds can be authorised via approval in special circumstances if an operating plan has been approved (under section 28 of the Act). For example, this pathway may be used for a substance needed to manage an exotic organism that has arrived in New Zealand.

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